Crib and baby-carriage.



No. 802,249. PATENTED OCT. 17, 1905. A. E. WHITE.

CRIB AND BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLIGATION FILED DEC. 28, 1904.

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' No. 802,249 PATEWTED OCT. 17, 1905.

A. E WHITE.

CRIB AND BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLIGATIONIILED DEG 28, 19M.

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ENT FFICE.

@Wlm AND BABY CAHHIAGEET Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1'7, 1905.

Application filed December 28,1904. Serial No. 238,660-

To a 1117mm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR ElVi-IITE, acitizen of the United States,res1d1ng at Chicago,

in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cribs and Baby-Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to furnish a support for the basket of a crib or babycarriage which will allow of an easy swing for the basket and the occupant thereof; to construct a support for the basket of the crib or baby-carriage, which support consists of two companion frames, each having a bottom rail, a top rail, and a coil connection between the rails, the rails and coil being formed from the same rod or bar; to enable the basket to be adjusted in proper relation to the springcoil as to accommodate the weight of the occupant and give a rising-and-falling movement which will be uniform and easy for the occupant of the basket; to so arrange the bottom rail, the top rail, and the connecting-coil as to furnish a continuous and uniform yield for the spring, by which any abrupt movement of the top rail will be prevented, and to improve generally the arrangement of the several elements entering into the construction of the crib and baby-carriage as a whole.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the support, comprising two companion frames and adjustable cross-rods, with the basket of the crib or carriage removed; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the support with the basket in position; Fig. 8, a

front end elevation of the support with the basket removed; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the support arranged for use as a baby-carriage, and Fig. 5 a top or plan view with the basket removed of the construction shown in Fig. 4E.

The support consists of two companion side frames A, each side frame having a bottom rail a, which at the forward end is coiled around to furnish a coil-spring a, and continued from the coil-spring the rod is rearwardly extended, forming a top rail (0, which has a yielding or rising-anc bfalling movement from the coil-spring and on which the basket of the crib or baby carriage is supported. The coil-spring starts at a point, as a and is turned to make one complete coil and a partial coil which departs from the circle of the coil at a", with an enlarged curvature which raises the plane of the top rail a higher than the top plane of the coil, thereby furnishing a uniform yield for the entire circle of the coil instead of a yield at one point only, thus giving a steady and easy rising-and-falling movement for the top rail.

The bottom rails 64 of the two companion side frames A are joined together at their rear ends by a cross rod or bar B, the ends of which enter an ear 7) on a socket b, entered onto the end of each bottom rail and locked in position by a set-screw If or otherwise, and as shown for the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 each ear?) hasjournaledinits lower end a caster-wheel If, furnishing a rolling support for the frame as a whole. The forward ends of the bottom rails a, of the two side frames A are connected by a cross rod or bar C, the

ends of which enter ears 0, each ear depending from a socket c, entered onto the bottom rail and locked in position by a set-screw c or otherwise, so that the forward connecting rod or bar C can be adjusted on the bottom rails, so as to furnish a bearing for the yield of the coil-springs in a uniform and continuous manner. Each ear 0 has journaled in its lower end a caster-wheel c, which completes the rolling support for the frame as a whole in connection with the caster-wheels If, thus enabling the crib to be readily rolled or moved from place to place.

The top rails a of the pair of side frames A are connected together at their rear ends by a cross rod or bar D formed, as shown, on a curve. The ends of the cross rod or bar I) are entered into bosses (Z, each boss on a socket (Z adjustable on its top rail r1? and when adjusted locked in position by a set-screw a or otherwise. At the forward end of the top rails (t lS a cross rod or bar E, which, as shown, is on a curve. The ends of the cross-bar E are entered into bosses 0, each boss on a socket a adjustable on its top rail a and when adjusted locked and held in position by a setscrew 0 or otherwise. The cross rods or bars 1) and E are curved in order to receive the ends of the basket F of the crib, and these rods or bars D and E are adjustable on the side rails, so as to enable the point of c0untel-balance or equipoise for the springs to be changed to suit the weight of the occupant, and thereby maintain the proper relation between the crib and its point of support and the coil-springs by which the rising-ancbfalling movement is governed and controlled by the increase of weight for the occupant of the basket, so that the force exerted will overcome the resiliency of the coil-springs proportionately. and as a consequence the same amount of efiiciency in an easy and uniform rising-and-falling movement is attained.

The rear end of each top rail (62 has enteredthereon a ball which gives a finished appearance and also guards against injury fromstriking or coming in contact with the ends of the top rails. The cross rods or bars for connecting the bottom rails of the two side frames furnish a rigid support for the bottom of the frame as a whole, and this support can be increased or decreased by adjusting the cross rods or bars away from or toward each other, so as to adjust the support correspondingly to the position of the basket, if neces-.

sary or desired, and the adjustable cross rods or bars D and E are curved or otherwise formed to allow the basket or body F to be entered between the top rails and the cross rods or bars in such position as to furnish a rest for the basket or body by which a counterbalance for the resiliency of the coilsprings is obtained by adjusting the end supports furnished by the rods or bars D and E.

as required for the weight of the occupant of the basket. The two companion side frames each having a bottom rail and a top rail with a coil connection between the two rails and the top rail by departing from the line of curvature of the coil raises or lifts the top rails for an incline from their rear end to the front end with the front ends clear of the coils, giving the coils a continuous yield between the bottom rail and the top rail for the entire circle of the coil, by which a uniform and easy rising-and-falling movement is attained without imparting any jar or quick drop and rise for the top rails, thus furnishing a rising-and-falling movement which will not jar the occupant of the crib.

The side frames A are capable of supporting a basket either for a crib or a baby-carriage without any material change in the side frames themselves and the connecting bars or cross-rods for the upper side rails. Aconstruction of side frame adapted for use with a baby-carriage is shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in

which the basket or body F is held in place between the top rails a and end cross rods or for the rear and front cross rods or bars B rearward, forming side rails it, which are bent upwardly and joined together by'a cross- ,rail ii, the side rails h and cross-rail it forming the handle H for the carriage.

The side frames A when used for a babycarriage have the same yield as described for the side frames of a crib, and, like the crib, the basket for the baby-carriage can be adjustedrearward and forward, as required, for the weight of the occupant to furnish a counterbalance and counterpoise to the resiliency of the spring, by which the rising-and-falling movement is rendered uniform and easy, as described for the rising-and-falling movement of the'crib.

l/Vhat I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-

1. The combination of two companion side frames each consisting of a bottom rail, a

spring-coil and a top rail departing from the spring-coil with an upward incline toward its rear end, the two rails and the spring-coil be- .ing integral and formed from a single rod, cross-rods connecting the bottom rails at the front and rear ends, and adjustable cross-rods for the top rails, substantially as described.

2. The combination of two companion side frames, each consisting of a bottom rail, a spring-coil and a top rail departing from the spring-coil with an'upward incline toward its rear end, the two rails and the spring-coil being integral and formed from a single rod, cross-rods connecting the bottom rails at the front and rear ends, adjustable cross-rods for the top rails, and a basket carried by the adjustable cross-rods of the top rails, substantially as described.

3. The combination of two companion side frames, each consisting of a bottom rail, a spring-coil and a top rail departing from the spring-coil with an upward incline toward its rear end, the two rails and the spring-coil being integral and formed from a single rod, a cross-rod connecting the rear ends of the bottom rails, a socket for each end of the crossrod entered onto the bottom rail, locking means for the socket on its rail, a cross-rod connecting the forward ends of the bottom rails, a socket for each end of the cross-rod entered onto the bottom rail, locking means for the socket on its rail, a cross-rod connecting the rear ends of the top rails, an adjustable socket for each end of the cross-rod entered onto the top rail, locking means for the socket on its rail, a cross-rod connecting the front ends of the top rails, a socket for each end of the cross-rod entered onto the top rail, and locking means for the socket on its rail, substantially as described.

4s.. The combination of two companion side lIC frames, each consisting of a bottom rail, a spring-coil and a top rail departing from the spring-coil with an upward incline toward its rear end, the two rails and the spring-coil being integral and formed from a single rod, a cross-rod connecting the rear ends of the bottom rails, a socket For each end of the crossrod entered onto the bottom rail, locking means for the socket on its rail, a cross-rod connecting the forward ends of the bottom rails, a socket for each end of the cross-rod entered onto the bottom rail, locking means for the socket on its rail, a cross-rod connecting the rear ends of the top rails, an adjustable socket for each end of the cross-rod entered. onto the top rail, locking means for the socket on its rail, a cross-rod connecting the front ends of the top rails, a socket for each end of the cross-rod entered onto the top rail. locking'means for the socket on its rail, and a basket carried by the adjustable cross-rods of the. top rails, substantially as described.

5. The combination of two companion side frames, each consisting of a bottom rail, a spring-coil and a top rail departing from the spring-coil with an upward incline toward its rear end, the two rails and the spring-coil being integral and formed from a single rod, adjustable cross-rods for the bottom rails, and

adjustable cross-rods for the top rails, substantially as described.

6. The combination of two companion side frames, each consisting of a bottom rail, a spring-coil and a top rail departing from the spring-coil with an upward incline toward its rear end, the two rails and the spring-coil be-- ing integral and formed from a single rod, adjustable cross'rods for the bottom rails, adjustable cross-rods for the top rails, and a basket carried by the adjustable cross-rodsof the top rails, substantially as described.

7 The combination of two companion side frames, each consisting of a bottom rail. a spring-coil and a top rail departing from the spring-coil with an upward incline toward its rear end, the two rails and the spring-coils being integral and formed from a single rod, a front and rear socket for each bottom rail, an axle carried by the front and rear sockets of the bottom rail, a wheel "for each end of each axle, adjustable cross-rods for the top rails, and a basket. carried by the adjustable cross-rods of the top rails, substantially as described.

ARTI-IUR E. W HITE. Witnesses:

OSCAR W. Bonn, WALKIQR BANNING. 

